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Text Types Overview Worksheet

Review the four text types. Then classify each extract, match examples to their purpose, and write your own sentences. For open-ended tasks, answers will vary; sample answers are provided.

Four common text types

Some texts explain a subject using organised facts and details. Others aim to influence what a reader thinks or does, often by giving reasons. Stories use characters, settings and events. Accounts of past events usually describe what happened in time order.

Part A: Identify the text type

Choose the best answer for each extract.

1.“The observatory records small movements in the ground to help scientists monitor volcanic activity.” Which text type is this?

Informative
Persuasive
Narrative
Recount

2.“Support a new safety shelter near the lookout. It would give visitors a safer place to wait during sudden weather changes.” Which text type is this?

Informative
Persuasive
Narrative
Recount

3.“Tahnee heard a sharp crack beneath the observation deck. She called to Mei, and together they hurried towards the control room.” Which text type is this?

Informative
Persuasive
Narrative
Recount

4.“On Tuesday, Matilda joined the observatory team. First, she checked the weather instruments; afterwards, she entered the readings in the logbook.” Which text type is this?

Informative
Persuasive
Narrative
Recount

Part B: Match purpose to example

Match each text type with the example that best fits it.

Part C: Write and explain

Write a suitable example for each task. Answers may vary.

5.Write one factual sentence that could belong in a paragraph explaining how volcano observatories collect data.

6.Write one sentence encouraging visitors to follow safety signs at a volcanic lookout.

7.Write an opening sentence for a narrative set inside a volcano observatory. Introduce a character or the setting.

8.Write one sentence for a recount about a visit to a science centre. Include a time-order word such as “first”, “then” or “later”.

9.A student writes, “Volcanoes can produce ash, gas and lava.” Which text type would this sentence most likely appear in, and what feature supports your choice?

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Part A: Identify the text type

Part B: Match purpose to example

Part C: Write and explain

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